Foreshadowing

Othello
William Shakespeare

The example of foreshadowing I am going to use is one that is fairly obvious; it is basically just telling the reader what will happen eventually. The question is when and will it truly play out that way? Well it more or less does happen as Iago had suggested. "Do it not with poison, strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated." "And for Cassio, let me be his undertaker." (V.i.191-192&194-195). In Act 5, you'll never guess what happens!? Well Iago kills Cassio, but it looks like Roderigo did it. Then, Othello strangles Desdemona, because the idiot still did not believe her. There are several other less straightforward foreshadowing examples throughout the play. There was also a sense of "I know what will happen in the end" when beginning the play. Based on the type of play, a tragedy, and who it was written by lends itself to realizing people will die in the end. The question was who and how and why? Well now we have the answers.